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Internet shopping offers many benefits to consumers. These include opportunities to save time and money, greater choice, the convenience of shopping when you like and having goods delivered, and a powerful ability to find and compare information, products and prices.

Internet shopping is at least as safe as shopping in a store or by phone, so there is no need for anyone to miss out on the benefits it can provide.

Body4Real uses high grade 256 bit encryption (most sites only use 128 bit) which is extremely difficult to break. Remember, phone lines use no encryption at all so telephone ordering isn't secure at all. Most shops use a credit card machine connected to a normal telephone line.
A 2005 U.S Federal Regulator report concluded that off-line fraud is far more costly and prevalent than on-line. 72 percent of the thefts of personal information for scams last year was done off-line (from homes, rubbish bins, work desks, post-it notes, etc). Thieves illegally obtained sensitive financial information on-line in just 12 percent of cases!
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hese tips can help you determine that you're shopping at a secure and trustworthy Web site.
Look for signs that the business is legitimate

Buy from reputable stores and sellers. Here are some ways to check:

* Find out what other shoppers say. Sites like Epinions.com or BizRate have customer evaluations which can help you determine a company's legitimacy.
* Look for third-party seals of approval. Companies can put these seals on their sites if they abide by a set of rigorous standards such as how personal information can be used.

Use a filter that warns you of suspicious Web sites

Browser filters warn you about reported phishing sites and block you from visiting them. For example, two browser filters are the SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer 8 and the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7.
Keep your Web browser updated

Internet Explorer 7 and 8 provide another layer of protection with Web sites that use Extended Validation (EV) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates. The address bar turns green and has both https and the closed padlock.

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